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It looks like any other 747 other than the colors.

The big military cargo planes are far bigger. Which air force base?

Yeah the big cargo planes are bigger, but since they are painted dark colors they hide their dimensions so they don't look as big. Also I'm not usually driving under the landing path. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moffett_Federal_Airfield

I guess technically it's not a base but an airfield.

It's not a base because it'(wa)s a Station... NAS Sunnyvale (i guess the city lines between Mtn View and Sunnyvale were much different back then).

It's one of those 'We don't use the terms that the [Army|Navy] use, goddamn it' things.

* Edit: Apparently it was named Sunnyvale because 'Mountain View' had too much of a supposition that it might sound like something to crash into, lol.

The Airfield is not part of either city but borders both cities fairly equally. Either name would make sense and choosing Sunnyvale to avoid the mountain reference makes sense too.

Yeah but C130s fly into Moffett quite regularly. Past few tuesdays I've been able to see them down in Los Gatos at the high school track, either on approach or flying away.

Come to think of it, today's another tuesday...

It's definitely pretty cool to see them fly over when you're going over the hump on 101.

The C5 that accompanies the President's 747 is almost the exact same size a a 747.

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